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Stakeholders' perspectives on integrating point‐of‐care diagnostics into forensic death investigations in South Africa

Journal of Forensic Sciences, Volume 71, Issue 5, Page 2182-2192, September 2026.
Abstract Unnatural and unexplained deaths present critical challenges to the criminal justice, medico‐legal, and public health systems. This study explored forensic professionals' perspectives on the integration of point‐of‐care (POC) diagnostics into unnatural death investigations in South Africa.
Sebueng Ramatsokotla, Bathabile Soul, Kuhlula Maluleke, Lucinda Evert, Stefan Jansen van Vurren, Bettina Chale‐Matsau, Susan Mabotja, Evans Duah, Tivani Mashamba‐Thompson   +8 more
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Successful African introduction of a new Group A meningococcal conjugate vaccine: Future challenges and next steps

Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2018
The introduction of a new Group A meningococcal conjugate vaccine, MenAfriVacR, has been a important public health success. Group A meningococcal meningitis has disappeared in all countries where the new Men A conjugate vaccine has been used at public ...
F. Marc LaForce, Mamoudou Djingarey, Simonetta Viviani, Marie-Pierre Preziosi   +3 more
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Infection control in the brain and the eye

Acta Ophthalmologica, Volume 104, Issue 5, Page e478-e490, August 2026.
Abstract The Central Nervous System (CNS), comprising the brain and the eye, is considered to have a ‘privileged’ mechanism for dealing with immunological challenge (immune privilege, IP). CNS IP has been revealed through experiments using foreign protein antigens and cell and tissue alloantigens (grafts), but evidence for a role for IP in modulating ...
John V. Forrester, Paul G. McMenamin, Samantha J. Dando   +2 more
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Distinct Binding and Immunogenic Properties of the Gonococcal Homologue of Meningococcal Factor H Binding Protein [PDF]

, 2013
10/03/14 MEB.
Tang Christoph M., Caesar, JJE, Johnson, Steven, Susan M. Lea, Susan M Lea, Jongerius, Ilse, Ilse Jongerius, Ruivo Nicola, Lionel Tan, Exley Rachel M., Joseph J. E. Caesar (440696), Tan, L, Lea, Susan, Rachel M. Exley, Johnson Steven, Tan Lionel, Caesar, JJ, Tang, Christoph, Steven Johnson (41082), Nicola Ruivo (124559), Ilse Jongerius, Ilse Jongerius (246324), Lea Susan M., Johnson, S, Ruivo, N, Susan M. Lea (124574), Joseph J E Caesar, Rachel M. Exley (49336), Lea, SM, Joseph J. E. Caesar, Christoph M. Tang, Nicola Ruivo, Exley, RM, Exley, Rachel, Lionel Tan (124548), Lavender Hayley, Tang, CM, Steven Johnson, Jongerius, I, Hayley Lavender, Christoph M Tang, Jongerius Ilse, Caesar Joseph J. E., Hayley Lavender (167686), Christoph M. Tang (49346), Rachel M Exley, Lavender, H   +46 more
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Clinically Suspected Invasive Meningococcal Disease Presenting With Purpura Fulminans‐Like Rash, Septic Shock, Multiorgan Dysfunction, and Recovery From ARDS in a Previously Healthy Child

Clinical Case Reports, Volume 14, Issue 7, July 2026.
ABSTRACT Clinically suspected invasive meningococcal disease can deteriorate rapidly in previously well children. Prompt recognition of the petechial–purpuric rash with shock, early empirical antibiotics, and aggressive supportive pediatric intensive care are cornerstones of management as multiorgan dysfunction and Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome ...
Shatha Omar, Adil Alsweis, Amr Khaled, Noor Nabresi, Mosub Qatu, Yahya Qahwash, Mahfouth Jallad   +6 more
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Meningococcal meningitis C in Tamil Nadu, public health perspectives

Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, 2014
Meningococcal meningitis has rarely been reported in Tamil Nadu. We report here two children diagnosed with meningococcal meningitis in Vellore, Tamil Nadu, on May 2014. The causative strain was Neisseria meningitidis serotype C.
Kirubah Vasandhi David, Ruby Angeline Pricilla, Beeson Thomas   +2 more
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Meningitis Dipstick Rapid Test: Evaluating Diagnostic Performance During an Urban Neisseria Meningitidis Serogroup A Outbreak, Burkina Faso, 2007 [PDF]

, 2010
Meningococcal meningitis outbreaks occur every year during the dry season in the "meningitis belt" of sub-Saharan Africa. Identification of the causative strain is crucial before launching mass vaccination campaigns, to assure use of the correct vaccine.
Dominique A. Caugant, Philippe J Guerin, Njanpop-Lafourcade, Berthe-Marie, Page, AL, Guerin, Philippe J, Dominique A Caugant, Traoré, Ramata Ouédraogo, Traore, RO, Njanpop-Lafourcade, BM, Mueller, JE, Judith E. Mueller, Rose, AM, Gerstl, Sibylle, Judith E Mueller, Page, Anne-Laure, Pierre Nicolas, Guerin, PJ, Caugant, Dominique A, Gerstl, S, Nicolas, Pierre, Anne-Laure Page, Philippe J. Guerin, Rose, Angela M C, Ramata Ouédraogo Traoré, Guerin, Philippe, Angela M C Rose, Angela M. C. Rose, Nicolas, P, Berthe-Marie Njanpop-Lafourcade, Sibylle Gerstl, Mueller, Judith E, Caugant, DA   +31 more
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Complement Factor H‐Based Therapeutics: A Comprehensive Overview

European Journal of Immunology, Volume 56, Issue 7, July 2026.
Complement factor H is a central regulator of the complement system and thus a target for therapeutic intervention. In this review, we provide an overview of past and current factor H‐based therapeutic concepts and modalities to treat complement‐mediated diseases.
Sebastiaan M. W. R. Hamers, Emmy J. Buter, Richard B. Pouw   +2 more
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Potential Use of Neisseria meningitidis Serogroup B Vaccines to Prevent Neisseria gonorrhoeae Infection: Epidemiological Considerations

Journal of the International AIDS Society, Volume 29, Issue S2, July 2026.
ABSTRACT Introduction Clinical trials are evaluating the efficacy of serogroup B meningococcal (MenB) outer membrane vesicle (OMV) vaccines in preventing gonorrhoea. We assessed the global epidemiology of gonorrhoea and MenB invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) and reviewed national MenB‐OMV vaccination policies to inform potential use of these ...
Sami L. Gottlieb, Jane Rowley, Nuria Balibrea, Dominique A. Caugant, Ray Borrow, Antoine Durupt, Helen S. Marshall, Maeve B. Mello, Marco Aurelio Sáfadi, Marie‐Pierre Preziosi   +9 more
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Risk and protective factors for meningococcal disease in adolescents: matched cohort study [PDF]

, 2006
Objective: To examine biological and social risk factors for meningococcal disease in adolescents. Design: Prospective, population based, matched cohort study with controls matched for age and sex in 1:1 matching.
Stuart, J.M., Kaczmarski, E., Tully, J., Coen, P.G., Klein, N., Peckham, C., Viner, R.M., Zambon, M., Booth, C., Booy, R.   +9 more
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